Proverbs 12:7
God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
In Context
8A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised.
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:26And let thy Name bee magnified for euer by them that shall say, The Lord of hostes is the God ouer Israel: and let the house of thy seruant Dauid be stablished before thee.
Esther 9:14And the King charged to doe so, and the decree was giuen at Shushan, and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes.
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and their refuge shall perish, and their hope shalbe sorow of minde.
Job 27:18He buildeth his house as the moth, and as a lodge that the watchman maketh.
Psalms 37:10Therefore yet a litle while, and the wicked shall not appeare, and thou shalt looke after his place, and he shall not be found.
Psalms 37:36Yet he passed away, and loe, he was gone, and I sought him, but he could not be founde.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:7
6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. In the foregoing verse the thoughts of the wicked and righteous were compared; here their words, and those are as the abundance of the heart is. 1. Wicked people speak mischief to their neighbours; and wicked indeed those are whose words are to lie in wait for blood; their tongues are swords to those that stand in their way, to good men whom they hate and persecute. See an instance, Luke xx. 20, 21 . 2. Good… Read the whole commentary →